Hose-leg supporter



H. B. NEWTON.

HOSE LEG SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.-12, 1925.

1,424,771. Pat nted A g- 23, 1922.

INVEINT UH MAW eW /v ATT UHNEIYS UNITED STATES' PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT B. NEWTON, F BRDOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOSE-LEG SUPPOBTER.

Application filed August 12, 1921.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERBERT B. NEWTON,

A 2' a citizen of the United States, residing at Brookline, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hose-Leg Supporters, of which the following is a speci by the ankle protuberances of the wearer,

without binding contact with any part of the wearers leg.

The invention is embodied in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

0f the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a side view of a hose leg supporter embodying the invention, shown mainly by dotted lines within a hose leg.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the supporter.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary section on line 33 of Figure 1, showing one form of hose leg-engaging means.

Figure 4 is an enlarged perspective View of the strap-engaging portion of the wire standard.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4, showing a portion of the strap.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the up per end portion of the standard, showing a different form of hose leg-engaging means.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

My improved supporter comprises a band adapted to embrace the leg immediatel above the ankle, protuberances, one of whic is shown at 12 in Figure 1, and a standard 14 supported by, and projecting above the band, and adapted to engage the upper end portion of a hose leg 16.

The band is preferably formed by detachably connecting or coupling together the end portions of a strap 17, of inelastic webbing, or Other suitable material. The standard is preferably made of wire, which may be non-corrosive, or plated or coated to render it non-corrosive and inoxidizable. One end of the standard is provided with suitable means for engaging the strap 17, preferably in such manner as to permit a variation of its operative length and of the diameter of the band into which it is converted,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

Serial No. 491,675.

and with a coupling member inseparably attached to the strap-engaging means, and adapted to detachably engage a complemen tal coupling member on the free end of the strap. The opposite end of the standard is provided with suitable means for engaging the upper end portion of thehose leg.

I prefer to provide the strap-engaging means and the coupling member attached thereto by bending one end portion of the wire to the form shown enlarged by Figure 4. One extremity of the wire forms an eye- 20, embracing a neck 21 which connects the main body of the standard with a bar portion 22, extendin parallel therewith. A neck 23 connects t e bar ortion 22 with an arm portion 24, which is connected by a looped portion 25 with another arm portion 26, on which the eye 20 is formed. The looped portion 25 constitutes a coupling member or eye, with which cooperates a complemental coupling member or hook 27, directly attached to the free end of the strap 17. The opposite end portion of the strap is passed between the bar portion 22 and the arm portions 24 and 26, and around the body portion of the standard 14, the extremity of the strap being interposed between the bar portion 22 and the main portion of the strap, as indicated by Figure 5. Provision is thus made for adjusting the strap longitudinally to vary its operative length and the diameter of the band formed by the strap when the coupling members are connected. Any other suitable means may be provided for engaging the standard with the strap, and for providing the standard with a coupling member.

The upper end of the standard may be provided with a loop 29, the sides of which converge toward each other from the outer end of the loop. A fold 16 of the hose leg may be inserted in the loop 29, and a disk 30, such as an ordinary garment button,may be passed edgewise through the loop and into the fold, and then turned so that when a downward pull is exerted on the hose leg, portions of the fold will be gripped between the disk 30 and the sides of the loop, as shown by Figure 3, the disk being of greater diameter than the lower portion of the loop. This is one of many forms of means which may be employed for engaging the upper end of the standard with the hose leg.

One alternative form of means r'or the same purpose is shown by Figure 6, in which L means, andat its opppfsite'endgyf th r U- a the loop is coiled at 31, the c0nv0lutions'be-- St1r&padjustably connected at one end poring adapted to beespmaganteandgneceiue ctiomwiththe-rengegug means, and having a a portion of the hose leg between them.

t will be seen that the strap mi-fmaiybee converted into a band of suitable diameter to loosely-embracethe wearers leg immedi-. i

ately above the ankle. The band, although so loose that it cannot bind the leg, is reventedby. the ankle protuberances below. it

from slipping downward, hence it supports the standard, thelatter in turn supporting theihose leg.

'lihestandard may be of any other suitable material, and construction The strap-engaging means and the couplingmember, ,inse'parably attached thereto, prevent accidental leeement of the standard. len thwiseof it e band formed by the. strap. 1'1 other words theistandardds preyented from slipping, on. the band toward orifr'ont the coupling I, claim: 7 i

1. A hose le supporter comprising standard forme to v,egrt en'gil beside a portion; of ahuman, leg above; the nk'le and" provided at, one end, with, hose leg engatging,

S rap.- engaging means and'with a couplingvmember inseparably attached, to said means, and a free end provided with a complemental cou apliflgnmmber, the interengagement of said coupling members converting the strap into aband adapted to loosely embrace the wear, ers 1e immediately above the ankle, the sai'dstrap-engagingmeans, and the couplin attached thereto, preventing displacement 0% the standard lengthwise of the band.

I 2 A hose leg supporter comprising a length, of wire, bent at one end portion to form strap-engaging means and a coupling member, and at its opposite end portion'tc formhose leg-enga ing means; and a nonelastic strap adj'usta 'ly connected at one'endl portion with said strap-engaging means; so' that itsoperati've length may be varied and provided at its oppcsite'en-d with a compl'e-i mentalcoupling member, the band formed bytli'e, interenga ment of said cou lin'g' members Being a apted to loosely em race the Wearers legimmediately abeve the an life, an d to lje supported against downward movement by the ankle protuberances, with out. exerting binding pressure on the le Tn testimony whereof l? have afli xe my signature.

HERBERT B. NEWTON. 

